The Boy of Three Feet Tall

Three witches did I then at eight perceive
that crouched in darkness to dare deceive
and camouflaged they were to simply all
save one, but I was too young too small
and not one did listen to my voice
which was, of course, their adult choice
who should listen to the sighted child
who spoke in tones so dangerously mild
but that could not bother or break the sound of those so much older
two worlds seen and felt did not help the child grow bolder
for fear and confusion were the answering shot
of adults who by the very anxious lot
of them feared what they could not see or understand
so refused to listen, held up their single solitary hand
to protect from the child of eight for as one they were in darkness spent
the witches smiled and toiling harder lent
a blanket shadow that crossed and covered all
except the boy of three feet tall.

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I would hope that anyone who reads my poetry understands that I write what comes to my mind and it doesn't mean I'm the reality of the words. I mean that just because I write about alcoholism does not mean I am the character in the poems. I write about those I've known and those I know and a very wide grouping that is of sinners and saints, those who know who and where they are going and those who are completely lost. I am empathic. I write in the first person because I feel the reality of what I am writing about. Like Dean Martin pretending to be drunk while performing I am not what it may seem. Just a thought as I know some out there who read what I write see the words and not the art or the understanding of the problem I am commenting on, nor do they understand that the comment is for the purpose of illustration and not my own personal reality.
Married to a wonderful woman who is my best friend. Ronald Reagan Conservative Republican. Masters of Accounting-Taxation, United States Marine, taught for 10 years at the University of South Florida, held the following professional certifications: CPA, CVA, CFA. Published author, currently writing three novels and a ton of poems.